Evan Vellios, MD
Sports Medicine · van Nuys, CANPI 1609294479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.0%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Exactech, Inc. accounts for 65.3% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $33,774, 3.6 times the $9,268 reported in 2020. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 214 payments — averaging $322.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$45K
- Smith+Nephew$9K
- Arthrex$4K
- Saxum Surgical, Inc.$3K
- Synthes GmbH$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,63253%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5002%
- Travel & lodging$8,53212%
- Food & beverage$10,32215%
- Education$12,06717%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 40 | $45,063 |
| Smith+Nephew | 44 | $9,299 |
| Arthrex | 31 | $4,395 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 11 | $3,099 |
| Synthes GmbH | 4 | $2,260 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $1,051 |
| Micromed Inc | 3 | $843 |
| Stryker | 12 | $806 |
| Vericel Corporation | 9 | $467 |
| Osteoremedies, LLC | 3 | $344 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $275 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $177 |
| Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Kinamed, Inc. | 2 | $121 |
| Axogen | 1 | $73 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $60 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $52 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $51 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $31 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Vertex | 1 | $28 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $26 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $20 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- EQUINOXE$42,017
- EQUINOXE PHX SYSTEM$1,906
- EXACTECHGPS$1,000
- Comp Reverse Shoulder Arcom$874
- Remedy Spacer$289
- VARIAX$262
- AXSOS$262
- MACI$255
- SALVATION$172
- Q-FIX$143
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS FIBERTAK KNOTLESS$134
- BIOWASH Surgical Irrigation$130
- Spectrum GV$130
- BioBrush$130
- ARTHREX$115
- SHOULDER IMPLANTS SPEEDBRIDGE COMPOSITE ANCHORS$109
How this compares
$69,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 58 | $1,170 |
| Meloxicam | 114 | $520 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 68 | $414 |
| Naproxen | 79 | $289 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 42 | $238 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 58 | $200 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $121 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $106 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $81 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in van Nuys
- Stephen Snydervan Nuys$922K
- Mark Getelmanvan Nuys$280K
- Richard Ferkelvan Nuys$58K
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.